08/27/2026
Our First President Estella Belinda Stevens Hall 1912-1913
Estella Belinda Stevens (people called her Stella) was born on January 18, 1858 ,in Berlin, Wisconsin. Her mother died when she was 6 years old. Estella was one of the first female dentists in the United States.
She married Andrew J. Jackson in Washington State in April 1884. She had two daughters Elsie Elizabeth Jackson and Ruth Stevens Jackson (Ruth only lived for one month). Estella was a dentist in Washington. She divorced Mr. Jackson, and she married John Franklin Hall on August 30, 1899, in Canada. Mr. Franklin died in 1903 in Canada.
After his death Estella moved to Indio, California where she became the first female date ranch owner. She is one of the two founding members of the Woman's Club of Indio. She lived in Indio through the 1930's. She relocated to Los Angeles where she lived until she died on March 30, 1961, at the age of 103